February 24, 2006, Newsletter Issue #48: Activity Management.

Tip of the Week

An Enlighten Millionaire values time. Focus on the critical few - 85% of the things you do account for only 15% of your results, and vice versa. Therefore, only work on the critical things and you’ll get there faster and with less effort.

Learn how to procrastinate! Procrastination is absolutely essential to your success. Just make sure you procrastinate the right things. Put off the 85% and tackle the 15%. Losers do just the opposite. They tackle the 85% and put off the 15%.

Throw away your “to do” list. Create instead an 85/15 list. Write the top-priority items at the top of the 15% box. Write the lower-priority items at the bottom. Only work on the top of your list.

Reward yourself for doing the right things. The things that get rewarded get done. If you reward yourself for your most positive actions, you will get more of them done…almost effortlessly.

Do your FTF: Feared Things First. Which activity on your list do your fear the most? That’s your FTF. When you start the day, ask yourself, “What’s my FTF today?”. Start your day with that activity. By training yourself to do your FTF, you unconsciously urge yourself to tackle tougher tasks.

Exercise. It helps you work harder, longer and think more clearly. It increases your health span and your life span. While we exercise, we also listen to our tapes so that we can layer those two activities together. And therefore, we’re not only exercising our bodies, but our brains at the same time.

Layer your activities. Use your waiting time productively. Do two things at once. Listen to tapes while exercising, driving, or standing in line. Constantly ask yourself this question: “Is this the most productive use of my time?”

Write out your goals daily. We learned this from Brian Tracy, who writes out his top goals each and every day. An excellent book on time management by Brian is Eat That Frog.

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